Street-reflector



(No Model.)

J. O. PORSBBRG.

STREET REFLECTOR.

Patented June 8', 1886 Sworn whom 6 0M @Hom 1 NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN C. FORSBERG, OF \VILLMAR, MINNESOTA.

STREET-REFLECTO R.

'EPECEFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent 1Y0. 343,237, dated June 8, 1886. Application filed March 13,1886. Serial No. 195,140. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. Fonsnnue, a naturalized citizen of the United States, residing at \Villmar, in the county of Kandiyohi and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Street-Reflectors; and I do declare the following to be a full,elear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window-mirrors, which may be attached to the window-sills or sash-rails in various ways, the purpose thereof being to reflect objects in the street so that they may be seen by persons within the room in which the mirror is placed. If placed upon railway-cars, the objects are reflected within the same; and with these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, and which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device with the usual standard attachment. Fig. 2 illustrates the standard and vertical slides. Figs. 3,. 4-, 5 are modified forms of the standard plate or rest. Fig. 6 is one of the arms 0 detached, to show the screwthreaded end which enters the boss on the thimble, and the thimble and its thumb-screw, all in section.

A represents a standard, which may be con structed of gas-pipe or any suitable material, to which is loosely secured two or more adj ustable slides or thimbles, B,whieh have a vertical and'lateral movement thereon. These Y slides and standard may be either of circular the reflector, the thimbles or slides B upon the standard and the brackets E upon the arms both being provided with holes, through which pass thumb-screws F in the slides and F in the brackets for adjusting the mirror vertically upon the standard, and also adjusting the arms 0 at any desired angle in a horizontal plane, and for adjusting the reflector upon the arms 0 at any desired distance from the standard. Thus it will be seen that the thumbscrew F performs the twofold function of adjusting and holding theslides vertically, and at the same time allows the arms of the reflector to be set at any angle or moved later ally. The standard A (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) is provided with a serew-th read at its foot, arranged to enter a suitable screw-plate, 0,

(shown in Fig. 3,) having a hole or step, 0, in

its center, and in Fig. 4 the-step is shown at one side of the plates, and these plates are de signed to be secured to the window-sill by wood-screws, the latter form being used when the standard would be brought too near the window by the use of the former.

Another form of construction of the sillplate, presenting a right angle, (shown in Fi 5,) is used in lieu of the plates above described when it becomes necessary to attach the reflector to store-fronts or car-windows or any other right-angled surface upon which the standard is mounted. These plates are all modifications of each other, as are all. the different attachments of the reflec or, according as it is to be adjusted to different bearings.

In the construction of the form of the device represented in Fig. 1, a rear view of the reflector is presented attached to the standardslides-that is, it represents the face of the reflector which is next the street,and upon which a sign or the number of a house may be painted or otherwise inscribed. The arms 0 are usually made square to fit the brackets E, and have a'rounded end provided with a screwthread to engage with the openings 1) in the thimbles B. The reflector D is constructed with a metallic frame having a concaveback, D", and two mirrors, D, infiontfeach set at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the room or post of observation, and by the lateral, vertical, and forward and backward movements obtained through the medium of the thimbles B and brackets E, any desired angle of observation may be attained.

I am aware of the patent to Kennedy, N 0. 165,738, dated July 20, 1875, and desire to dis claim the construction and specific devices therein described and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of the reflector, constrneted as described, with the thimbles provided with bosses each having an opening with a female screw-thread to receive the screw-threaded end of the arm, and also having tl-iumb-serews to regulate the position of the thiinbles on the standards, the arms by which the reflector is moved from or toward the window, the standard, and the sill-plate, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The rel'lectorhaving a metallicframc with concave back and two mirrors set each at an angle of forty-five degrees, the frame having brackets at top and bottom provided with thumb-screws, in combination with the arms 0, and the thimbles having boss and thumbscrew, the standard having a screw-thread at its foot, and the sill-plate, all substantially as shown and described.

3. In a window-mirror, the combination of the reflector D, having guides or brackets at top and bottom, the arms 0, having screwthreaded ends to enter and engage with the bosses I), the thimbles 13, provided with thumbscrew F, and the standards A, all as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. FORSBERG.

Witnesses:

J. W. LANDQUIST, ALFRED LANDQUIST. 

